India to tour Sri Lanka in July; BCCI President

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BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said that the Indian team, sans the top players, will tour Sri Lanka in July for a limited overs bilateral series.

Big names such as skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma will not be part of the tour as they will be engaged in a marquee five-match Test series in England.

"We have planned a white ball series for the senior men's team during the month of July where they will play T20 Internationals and ODIs in Sri Lanka," Ganguly told PTI in an interaction.

Asked how will India segregate the two teams, Ganguly said that it will be a different side, which won't have anyone from the outfit that will be in the United Kingdom at that time.

"Yes, it will be a team of white ball specialists. It will be a different team," the former India captain said, making it clear that the cricket board also has the preparation of white ball regulars in mind.

There will be at least 5 T20 Internationals and may be three ODIs in Sri Lanka.

India's tour of England will end on September 14 and with the schedule of the remainder of IPL yet to be chalked out, the BCCI would want the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal to be match ready.

"The BCCI president is very keen that all our top players are match ready and since England doesn't have a white ball leg the month of July can be utilized well," a BCCI source told PTI while explaining the logic behind the tour.

For the Kohlis and Sharmas, they need not come from UK, which has in place some hard quarantine rules.

"Technically, in the month of July there are no official senior India team matches. The Test squad will be playing intra squad games.

"So there is no harm in India's white ball experts getting some match time and selectors also get to fix the missing jigsaws in selection puzzle."

This will give the team a chance to carry out experiments, like whether it will be Chahal, Rahul Chahar or Rahul Tewatia for the leg break bowler's slot, if Chetan Sakariya can be tried as left-arm option, whether Devdutt Padikkal or Shreyas Iyer gets fit to play by then.(PTI)

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sandaruwan Monday, 10 May 2021 02:07 PM

Yeh thats the only thing missing here.. All others are comprehensive

gammini Monday, 10 May 2021 02:19 PM

Are we living in a different planet. India is engulfed in Covid with thousands dying daily in big cities. No one knows how devastating the situation are in the Indian villages. According to American Universities millions are going to die in India. So who is going to play cricket .

Srilankan Monday, 10 May 2021 02:54 PM

We don't want any Indians in Sri Lanka for the next 5 years. Wish the embassy too was closed. Hope they understand.

Joshua Monday, 10 May 2021 04:04 PM

It is we who are trying our best to bring them down. You please understand before India

Cricket has gone mad Monday, 10 May 2021 03:00 PM

Please ask them to bring the Indian version of Covid-21 with them. This should set Sri Lanka on fire!

Lanka Kollo wasai Monday, 10 May 2021 04:01 PM

Shameless ganguly and BCCI. Have they not got the hint yet.

NANDE Monday, 10 May 2021 04:26 PM

PLEASE STOP THIS TOUR. WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES TO ADDRESS RIGHT NOW.

Joseph Monday, 10 May 2021 04:27 PM

Nawa Gilunath Band Choon

Martin Milton Monday, 10 May 2021 04:43 PM

This is a BIG mistake. All these activities MUST be stopped till Covid is brought under adequate control. MM

Cricketer Monday, 10 May 2021 05:14 PM

While the rich Indian cricketers playing in the IPL and the rich Bollywood stars are earning millions they don't seem to care for the poor Indians who are dying of the Covid pandemic on the streets of India in large numbers.

Ranaweera Monday, 10 May 2021 10:15 PM

Here , comes the covid 4th wave.

roni Tuesday, 11 May 2021 12:28 AM

Name this series as Covid series or play for the Covid Cup.

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